More than 300 families have been displaced by floods in Kobala Sub Location, Karachuonyo constituency, following heavy rains pounding the area.
The families from Konyango, Kawuor Agindo, Kasirawa and Komenya villages were displaced after river Miriu burst its banks.
Several houses were marooned by floods leading to heavy losses of household items, livestock, and crops.
The affected families were evacuated using boats by a multi-agency team led by the Kenya Red Cross and are now camping at Osodo comprehensive school, and local churches.
The affected families are now appealing to the government to intervene with food and non-food stuff items to help them survive in the camps.
Assistant Chief of Kobala sublocation Gorge Oburu called for the completion of the dykes along river Miriu and expressed concerns that their construction had stalled for some time now.
“This problem of perennial flooding will only be mitigated by building dykes,” he said and cautioned against uncontrolled sand harvesting, saying it had caused environmental degradation in the area
